Why Sudan’s catastrophic war is the world’s problem

As our report from inside the country explains, it is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis—and also a geopolitical time-bomb. Sudan’s size and location make it an engine of chaos beyond its borders. Middle Eastern states and Russia are sponsoring the belligerents with impunity. The West is disengaged; the un is paralysed. The violence will destabilise neighbours and trigger refugee flows to Europe. Sudan has some 800km of coastline on the Red Sea, so its implosion threatens the Suez Canal, a key artery of global trade.